Eave-trough hanger



(No Model.)

G. J. KS. I

Eaves Trou Hanger.

No. 232,293. Patented Sept. 14,1880.

- UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

GEORGE J. PARKS, OF CUYAHOGA FALLS, OHIO.

EAVE-TROUGH HANGER.

SPECIFICATION formingpart of Letters Patent No. 232,293, dated September 14, 1880.

Application filed June 14, 1880. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, GEORGE J. PARKS, of Cuyahoga Falls, in the county of Summit and State of Ohio, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Eave-Trough Hangers, of which the following is a specification.

The object of my invention is to construct a simple, cheap, and durable cave-trough hanger, which shall firmly brace and hold the trough and permit it to be readily removed and replaced without removing the hangers.

To that end it consists of a strong wire adapted at the upper end to be attached to the roof, from the edge of which it depends substantially perpendicularly to about the desired level of the top of the trough, thence is turned backward to the position of the inner line of the trough, and thence is bent to conform to the shape of the trough, rising above the front edge of the trough and slightly hooked outward.

A second and smaller wire, termed the lock, is turned about the perpendicular part of the hanger, and has one end projecting forward, with a hooked end to engage the end of the hanger. The other end, projecting backward, is so arranged that when the forward end is hooked into the hanger it will press against the inner upper edge of the trough, and thereby clamp it against the hanger.

The invention is fully illustrated in the accompanying drawings, wherein Figure 3 is a perspective view of i a section of trough supported by my improved hanger; Fig. 2, a plan of the same in section at the line as m, and Fi 1 an end elevation of Fig. 3.

The hanger A is looped at the upper end to enable it to be readily attached to the roof.

By unhooking the lock-wire G the trough may be quickly removed for cleaning or repairs and readily replaced.

If desired, the lock can be looped about the upper outer end of the hanger and arranged to hook about the perpendicular part, or other trifling changes of construction may be permitted without departing from the invention which 1 claim, which is- I. An cave-trough hanger of wire, adapted to be attached to the roof, thence, depending a short distance, is bent backward and around beneath the trough and rises in front slightly above the front edge of the trough, and an auxiliary wire adapted to hook together the front end and depending portion, substantially as shown.

2. 'Ihcherein-described cave-trough hanger, consisting of the hanger A and lock 0, looped about the wire A, all arranged substantially as shown, for the purpose specified.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing I have hereunto set my hand this 7th day of June, A. D. 1880.

GEO. J. PARKS. Witnesses:

O. H. Dow, GEO. W. RICE. 

